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dc.contributor.authorKigera, JWM
dc.contributor.authorTuryakira, C
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-04T13:10:24Z
dc.date.available2019-09-04T13:10:24Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierhttp://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/jameskigera/publications/audit-prophylactic-antibiotic-use-orthopaedic-surgery-mulago-hospital
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/47273
dc.identifier.citationh e ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY • Volume 9 • January 2012en
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.adhl.africa/handle/123456789/7304
dc.description.abstractBackground: Prophylactic antibiotics are entrenched in implant orthopaedic surgery. We conducted a study to determine the use of prophylactic antibiotics in clean implant orthopaedic surgery in Mulago hospital. Methods: We prospectively recruited patients undergoing ORIF, Athroplasty and Foot and Ankle surgery. We obtained information on antibiotic use and observed surgeries to determine the timing of administration. Results: Antibiotics were not used in 17.3% of patients and over half of the patients received the antibiotic after the skin incision had been made. The antibiotics were administered about 11 minutes from incision. Conclusion: Majority of patients either did not receive antibiotics or received them after the skin incision had been made. The use of a third generation cephalosporin may be associated with increased complications and drug resistance. Antibiotic prophylaxis is in variance with literature and may result in adverse outcomes.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.titleAudit of Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Orthopaedic Surgery in Mulago Hospitalen
dc.typeArticleen


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